Sunday, December 02, 2007

NewsThe Detroit Free Press posts a Mitch Albom column concerning not rushing to assumptions about athletes in the media spotlight, people we hardly know. The crux of the piece is Sean Taylor who was killed in an incident at his home. Albom doesn't know what kind of person he really was and wants those in the media to pause before they proclaim one thing or the other. Nice sentiment, too late for Floyd Landis though, who is mentioned in the piece ever so briefly and who after all this time is still not given that particular break.

The CyclingNews reports more on the nearly suicidal state of Michael Rasmussen's mind after he was kicked out of the Tour de France last summer. Whatever personal matter he is not commenting on must be a doozy.The Montreal Gazette reports that the doctor who had initially copped to giving Canadian cyclist Genevieve Jeanson EPO has run out of legal options and must now face the music. Dr. Maurice Duquette had tried to retract his statement of guilt right before his sentencing was to take place, but the court will not allow him to:

Maurice Duquette lost his bid before the Supreme Court of Canada this week to retract his guilty plea for prescribing erythropoietin, also known as EPO, a hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells, thus boosting endurance.

Duquette now faces penalties from the Quebec College of Physicians for prescribing the banned substance to 11 patients, including Jeanson. Among possible penalties, he could be barred from practicing medicine.

Total Poindexter Website Prize: to the fabulous geniuses over at trustbutverify, who not only are perhaps the most impassioned defenders of Floyd Landis' virtue beyond only the boy himself, but actually seem to understand the detailed scientific arguments they put out that the rest of us (well, me) are too stupid to even coherently summarize. Floyd, you better be innocent, or you owe these folks a *major* freakin' apology! (racejunkie)

"Who does awards for blogs? I sense a nomination is in order." (Carlton Reid, of BikeBiz)

"Hands-down champion of full-and I mean full-coverage of this hearing is the blog Trust But Verify. You'll have to have excellent background knowledge of the issues, and wade through page after page of detail to get to anything interesting, but it's raw and unfiltered and all there. The guy who runs the site, a cycling fan from Northern California, began casually providing a clearinghouse for Landis case news nearly 10 months ago, and now he has the haunted look of a man whose life has been hijacked and wants it back. (Loren Mooney, co-author of Positively False, at Bicycling)

"if you want the latest news on the Floyd Landis case, Trust but Verify is the go-to site. The author is biased in favor of Floyd (so am I) but the reporting is neutral and comprehensive." (12string musings)

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TBV is personally biased towards Floyd. I think it'll be a better world if he proves his innocence, and some inquisitors meet their own just ends. Interspersed between daily link roundups are pieces of commentary slanted towards understanding what will prove innocence in the discipline proceeding, and what will rehabilitate his reputation in the public eye. Make of them what you will. Agreement with me is not required, though I am right.